[center] [color=f49ac2]Sakura Level 9: 26/90[/color] [color=fff200]Karin Level 5: 3/50[/color] Location: Suoh Word Count: 983 Points Gained: 2 New EXP Balance--- [color=f49ac2]Sakura Level 9: 28/90 (pending) [/color] [color=fff200]Karin Level 5: 05/40 (pending)[/color][/center] Karin joined Roxas in being truly surprised at what she saw. Sakura stayed on her knees, head bowed, her eyes closed. Karin crouched and waved her hand in front of Sakura’s face. [color=fff200]”Fascinating..! I wonder what he’s doing in there?”[/color] Karin said aloud. [color=fff200]”I imagine there won’t be much to look at in her brain.”[/color] She joked dryly. Truly, though, she hoped this would work. She needed a worthy rival, and seeing Sakura being held back by some unfair mental curse was starting to get under Karin’s skin. It wasn’t like Sakura to not just bounce back. Karin sat down and meditated for a while, observing the sky, city, and people. Raz emerged and Sakura opened her eyes, shaking herself out of her trance. He asked her how she was feeling, but she didn't quite catch the whole thing. [color=f49ac2]”I’m…I’m ready when you are, Raz-kun.”[/color] She said, holding her head. [color=fff200]”Sakura, it’s over. He said it went well.”[/color] Karin said flatly. [color=f49ac2]”Huh? Already?”[/color] Sakura asked, looking at Raz. [color=fff200]”You were asleep for ages.”[/color] Karin said. [color=f49ac2]”...Oh…I don’t…feel any different?”[/color] Sakura said. [color=f49ac2]”Raz-kun, do you think it [i]worked[/i] worked, or..?”[/color] She asked the psychonaut. [color=f49ac2]”I guess we won’t know for sure until something traps me again.”[/color] Regardless of the measure of Raz’s success, their conversation would have to be short. [color=fff200]”You can give her the details later once we’re in a base of operations. We must reconvene for dinner, and get Sakura fused. Hopefully that little stunt fight won’t blow our cover.”[/color] Karin said. [color=f49ac2]”It’ll be fine…I’ll look different! And I’ll call my Hadokens ‘Wave Motion Fist’ instead.”[/color] Sakura said. Once they reunited with Goldlewis in the Hummer. Sakura nodded at Peach and accepted the spirit, holding it in her hands. [color=f49ac2]”Phew…okay.”[/color] She’d never get used to the weight of another person’s Spirit in her hands. Though it wasn’t nearly all that remained of another person after they were gone, it was their essential power condensed into a single object. [color=f49ac2]”I promise to do my best.”[/color] She said to the Spirit quietly. It was all she could promise to do. Hopefully, wherever this person was now, Sakura could honor their gifts and their talents by using them to do more good. The last time she had fused, she had done it in a desperate situation, which had let her get used to the concept. Now she was doing it again in a more tactical gambit. She still planned to defuse with this spirit once the work was done, just like last time with Arashio. Karin set her hand on Sakura’s shoulder for a moment, a gesture that Sakura found very reassuring. With a quick, resolute sigh, she put the heart into her chest. [center][hider=For Sakura] [b]New Spirit Absorbed[/b] Yushin Clements The host has grown two inches taller and her frame has became somewhat less hourglass like. Her hair is a darker shade of brown and has green highlights, and is now asymmetrical on the left side, shaved to show some of her left ear. Her skin is also a little more tan. Her tracksuit is now sleeveless, instead of the sleeves just being rolled up to the elbow. Instead of white and red with blue highlights, it’s now white, red, with black highlights instead, with her sneakers being black. Her bandana is still white and her gloves are still red, however. The host is now more bold and braggadocious, and overall less polite, like she was when she was younger. This Spirit confers the power [b]Telekinesis,[/b] which lets the user move objects and herself with her mind. It confers the weakness [b]Harsh Reality.[/b] Others can now sense her presence from a distance and will hunt her down for her brain. She can now be Brain Crushed and is susceptible to PR. [/hider][/center] The light died down and Sakura looked down at herself and her hands, felt her hair be shorter. [color=f49ac2]”So… how do I look?”[/color] Sakura asked. Her voice sounded the same. Maybe a little deeper, but her voice tended to get pretty low when she shouted out her attack names anyway. She also sought out the nearest mirror and touched her face, feeling its slight differences. She pulled at her headband. This happened with Arashio, too. Now that she was fused, she didn’t feel uncomfortable with the thought anymore. [color=fff200]”You look fine to me.”[/color] Karin said. [color=fff200]”I could see you dressing up like this and dyeing your hair like that.”[/color] Sakura caught the look on Roxas’ face, and smiled, reassuringly. [color=f49ac2]”It’s still us, Roxas-san.”[/color] [color=f49ac2]”This happened with me before, too. It’s much less of a change than coming back from getting your wisdom teeth removed, or getting punched really hard and forgetting where you are for a bit.”[/color] Sakura said. Though, she was more confident. Casually, she unzipped her jacket and let it fall to either side, showing off the red crop-top underneath and her toned midriff. [color=f49ac2]”I’m actually kinda excited, now.”[/color] [color=fff200]”That’s good. We’ll meet this Luka Travers and see what we can do within this city.”[/color] When she stepped out of the hummer, Sakura gasped, covering her mouth with both hands. [color=f49ac2]”Oh, my gosh..!”[/color] She said, surprised. It was like a whole different city! [color=fff200]”Is it that splendid?”[/color] Karin asked. [color=f49ac2]”There’s…there’s more commercials than I would have hoped for, but, yeah! It’s beautiful!”[/color] Sakura said. Once inside the place, Karin accepted the handshake and tipped her head respectfully, while Sakura also accepted the handshake. [color=fff200]”This menu is familiar.”[/color] Karin said. [color=f49ac2]”I want the sushi! See if it stacks up to my moms. Probably not, but, y’know, what does?”[/color] She said. She waved her hand through the vision menu, amused and happy. Karin raised her eyebrows, equally amused, and went back to perusing her menu to pick out something delicious. [color=fff200]”Thank you for meeting us here. Are we here for pleasantries and small talk, or, exclusively business?”[/color] She asked, looking to set the tone right away so everyone was on the same page.